Job Stress and Burnout: Emerging Issues in Today’s Workplace

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid evolution of work environments over the last decade has given rise to unprecedented dynamics that profoundly affect the health and well-being of employees. Phenomena such as job stress and burnout have taken on emerging dimensions, driven by current issues such as the proliferation of telecommuting, the gig economy, digital interconnectedness, and the flexibilization of organizational structures, among others. These transformations, while offering opportunities for innovation and efficiency, also create new challenges in terms of adaptation and the management of psychological well-being in the workplace.

This Special Issue, entitled “Job Stress and Burnout: Emerging Issues in Today's Workplace”, invites researchers and practitioners to explore the emerging variables that influence the development and evolution of stress and burnout. Studies are sought to explore different perspectives and methodologies—quantitative, qualitative or mixed—that allow us to broaden our knowledge of stress and burnout in the work environment, delving into individual and organizational determinants, as well as possible moderating factors. Studies that offer integrative theoretical models, robust empirical evaluations, and practical proposals to prevent and manage these phenomena are particularly welcome. In addition, we seek to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, involving approaches from psychology, sociology, economics and health sciences, to contribute to the development of healthy, resilient and sustainable work environments.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to generate an interdisciplinary dialogue that contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying stress and burnout in the contemporary work environment, offering valuable insights and practical recommendations for the formulation of organizational policies and practises that respond to the emerging challenges of the 21st century. We aim for the published findings to serve as a reference for the development of policies and strategies aimed at improving the quality of work life, with a focus on mental health and sustainable performance.

Dr. Adrian Garcia Selva
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Martin del Rio
Guest Editors

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• job stress
• burnout
• occupational health
• well-being at work
• mental health at work
• organizational intervention
• organizational culture